With significant turnover in the head football coaching ranks in Brevard County over the last three seasons, it's not unthinkable that two new coaches who came from outside the area would know each other.

Eight new bosses came to Brevard this season, two more were new last year and another two the year before. Astronaut's Justin Worden and Eau Gallie's Chris Sands came from Hernando County, on the western side of the Florida peninsula, north of Tampa.

They were head coaches at rival schools, and they meet on the Commdores' home field Friday.

Worden's team had the better of it, winning all three meetings with Central during the years they shared in Hernando County.

"Schematically, he did an unbelievable job with those kids," Sands said, adding that the style of play with Worden moving across the state. "It's a physical kind of football. He does everything right, where he's going to take what the defense allows, and if you don't adjust, he'll run for 7,300 yards on you."

Worden will bring a 3-0 record against Sands into this week's game, so the latter will be challenging perfection in more than one way. At 1-0, the Commodores are trying to start 2018 with back-to-back wins. The War Eagles had a bye in Week 1 and will be opening their season.

Worden had the better program in Hernando County. His 2015 squad set a county record for success at 12-1. Now, the Astronaut grad and coach said the Commodores are on more equal footing in terms of athletes.

"He might even have the lead a little bit," Worden said. "We don't have anybody with an offer from Georgia."

That would be Eau Gallie's Jarrad Baker Jr., who caught five passes for 143 yards and four scores in last week's 68-0 win over Satellite. Quarterback Nick Neve passed for seven touchdowns, setting up a contrast in styles with Worden's run-heavy attack.

"I think (this week's game) will probably look a lot like our first year (in Hernando County)," Worden said. After his first season at Brooksville Central, Sands had a running back whose abilities shifted the offensive focus to more of a ground attack.

This game likely won't have both teams grinding it out, and Worden pointed to a different spot in each team's defense that could determine the winner.